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Subject: Re: Did Smirin have an easy win in game 2?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 05:46:06 04/16/02

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On April 16, 2002 at 07:53:14, Oliver Roese wrote:

>On April 15, 2002 at 17:46:55, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>[Event "Internet match"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2002.04.15"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Hiarcs 8"]
>>[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "E92"]
>>[BlackElo "2702"]
>>[PlyCount "79"]
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
>>Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Bd7
>>15. Nd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Nc4 Bb4+
>>21. Ke2 Rec8 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxb3 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. d6 Rb7 27.
>>Rc1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Bxc1 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Ba3 f5 33. g3
>>g5 34. h3 h5 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. f3 Nf6 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40.
>>hxg4 1/2-1/2
>>
>>
>>Position after 38.g4:
>>
>>[d] 8/8/2kP1n2/4pppp/6P1/B2K1P1P/8/8 b - - 0 38
>>
>>Can somebody confirm (or disprove) that this simple line would have won fairly
>>easily for Black? :
>>
>>38...hxg4 39.hxg4 (forced) f4+ 40.Kd3 (forced) Kd7
>>
>>Looks like a win for Black, but a stronger player's opinion is requested.
>
>Hi!
>
>38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 Kd5!
>{
>At first black has to correct the position of his king.
>Too early actions gives white counterchances.
>}
>41.Ba3 {Assume white simply waits.} 41...Ke6 42.Bb4 Ne8!?
>{
>This is the most straightforward continuation.
>}
>43.Ke4 Nxd6+ 44.Bxd6 Kxd6 45.Kf5

[D]8/8/3k4/4p1p1/4KpP1/5P2/8/8 w - - 0 8

After 44. .. Kxd6, black has a forced tablebase win in all variations.

So Bxd6 cannot be correct.

--
GCP



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